The good folks at Pyr sent me gorgeous new copies of Mark Chadbourn’s fantastic AGE OF MISRULE: BOOK 2 — DARKEST HOUR. Received them yesterday, and the books printed great. I’m proud to be illustrating the covers for this series and Book 3 should be coming soon, from what I understand. Go, Pyr, go! 🙂
Unveiled — here’s my cover illustration for this September’s issue of ASIMOV’S SCIENCE FICTION. It’s based on the issue’s lead story, Lisa Goldstein’s “Away From Here.” She was recently a Nebula Award finalist, and her new story is terrific. It’s about hotels, wanderlust, and passing strangers. A quirk in the story (no spoilers) inspired not…
Wow — the Association of Science Fiction & Fantasy Artists have posted a terrific gallery of 2008 sf/f art. They posted it for ASFA members to vote upon for the 2009 Chesley Awards nominating process. It’s merely a suggestions gallery and NOT the Chesley Awards final nominees’ list. Deadline for ASFA members to submit nominating…
San Antonio — we have liftoff. Horror/dark fantasy writer Sanford Allen, tech guru Paul “The Mac Guy” Vaughn, and Yours Truly have banded together and formed MISSIONS UNKNOWN! — a team blog celebrating science fiction, fantasy, and horror in San Antonio. The blog’s main mission is to celebrate SA-based creators and fans of sf/f/h and…
The other night, I was watching the DVD special features for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY. I’ve seen the film more times than I can count, but never these special features. One of them closed with the following words by Kubrick: “The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile…
The 2009 Hugo Awards Online Ballot is now available. The deadline for voting is midnight (2359hrs.) Eastern Daylight Time (EDT) July 3, 2009. In order to vote, you must be a supporting or attending member of Anticipation (otherwise known as this year’s World Science Fiction Convention in Montreal). They’re available here. Supporting memberships are relatively…
Michael Moorcock’s ELRIC: THE STEALER OF SOULS will be the June Book of the Month Club selection at Joseph Mallozzi’s super-fun blog. He was the co-executive producer of STARGATE ATLANTIS and is the Consulting Producer of the forthcoming STARGATE UNIVERSE. Joe’s invited Mike himself to answer reader questions. I’ll definitely be checking that out! 🙂
Unveiled: here’s my front cover illustration for Jack Skillingstead’s collection ARE YOU THERE AND OTHER STORIES, an October hardcover release from Golden Gryphon Press. I’d like to say a few words about Skillingstead and this book, especially for those who have never heard of him. At the end of the year, all of the hip…
Saw my cover art face-out for L.E. Modesitt, Jr.’s excellent collection VIEWPOINTS CRITICAL (Tor) the other day at Borders/Alamo Quarry. What caught my eye is that this is a trade paperback edition of a book that originally released in hardcover last spring. I didn’t know a tpb edition of this book existed until now. Hooray,…
It’s been a hellacious week here. Even more than usual. This week, I turned in final art for two covers — Jack Skillingstead’s ARE YOU THERE (Golden Gryphon Press) and the limited edition of Dan Simmons’ THE TERROR (Subterranean Press). I’ll share the end results here, as soon as the publishers say it’s OK. While…